Pleat pin



Dec. 16, 1958 Filed Nox. 5, 1956 N. MURGOLO PLEAT PIN 305 W01 mf 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Tlq.

aff-r Mmm ATTORNEY Dec. 16, 1958 N. MURGoLo 2,864,442

PLEAT PIN Filed NOV. 5, 1956 .ll-l. 1 .14. hij T 30M-f Lr 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR .United States Patent C) PLEAT PIN Nicholas Murgolo, Uniondale, N. Y. Application November 5, 1956, Serial No. 620,462 2 Claims. (Cl. 160-348) This invention relates toa pleat pin for forming pleats in drapery and more particularly to pleat pins wherein the prongs are disposed in a non-planar manner.

It is an objective of this invention to provide a novel pleatpin-forforming novel pleats in drapery.

It is another objective to provide a pleat pin, the prongs of which are fixedly disposed in a non-planar manner.

It is a further objective to provide va pleat pin of simple manufacture and construction.

These and other Aobjectives of this invention will become apparent upon reading Athe following descriptive'disclosure taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawingin which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective exploded view of a modification of the pleat pin with four prongs disposed in planar relationship and with the -fifth prong disposed in front of the planarly'disposed prongs and showing a clip detached from the base of the pin,

Fig. 2 is a side view of the modification of Fig. 1 showing swingable securing -of the clip t-o the pin base,

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of another modification consisting of five pins having two pairs of parallel pins disposed in parallel planar relationship and the fifth pin disposed as the apex olf a triangle formed by saidpairs of .parallel pins,

Fig. 4 is a side view of the pin of Fig. 3,

Fig. 5 is a Efront view of a drape having Iconventional drapery tape sewn thereon,

Fig. 6 lis a front view of a box pleat formed by the pin of Fig. 1,

Fig. 7 is a front View of the box pleat formed by the pin of Figs. l and 2 showing the dimple effect created by the use of the clip,

Fig. 8 is a front view of the French pleat obtained when using the clip, said clip being shown in dotted outline,

Fig. 9 is a-view taken on line 9 9 of Fig. 6,

Fig. l0 is a view taken on line 1Y0-10 of Fig. 8',

Fig. l1 is a top edge view of a French pleat made by the use of rth'e pleat pin lof Fig. 3 showing lback four prongs disposed in the consecutive pockets of the drapery tape and the front fifth apex prong unconfined,

Fig. 12 shows the manner of forming a box pleat with the pin of Fig. 11 and further shows the manner of disposing the prongs in the consecutive pockets of the drapery tape,

Fig. 13 is a perspective exploded view of a three prong modification of the pleat pin showing the clip disposed beneath the body of the pleat pin,

Fig. 14 is a side view of the pin of Fig. 13 showing the manner of attaching the clip to the pin and showing by an arrow the manner of movement of the yattached pin to seize the drape disposed on the pin prongs,

Fig. 15 is a front View of the box pleat formed by the pin of Fig. 13 without the use of the clip,

Fig. 16 is a front View of the French pleat formed by the use of the clip,

2,864,442 Patented Dec, 1,6, l19558 ICC Fig. 17 is a sectional view taken on line 17--17 of Fig. 15,

Fig. 18 is a sectional view taken on line 18-18 of Fig. 16 and showing the clip swung into seizure position against the drape, p y

Fig. 19 is a perspective view of a further modification of the pleat pin, .the four prongs being disposed in the form of a ,truncated pyramid, and

Fig. 20 is a top viewof the pin of Fig. y19 showing a clip secured to the base of the pin.

According to .this invention the pleat pin prongs are disposed in the form ,of a triangle (Figs. 1, 3 and 13) or a truncated triangle (Figs. 19 and 20.). Preferably the pin is provided with a clip -swingably secured toits base. The pin `consists vof .at least three parallelprongs vertically disposed in a manner so that a top view of the prongs indicates a triangle or truncated triangle.

The pleat pin `of this invention is operable .without t-he use of a clip, but the use of a clip is preferred in `order to give novel beautiful and enhanced effects to the drapes. In other words all the pin modifications may be provided with swingable clips secured Vto their vrespective :base in order to obtain a v dimple .effect toa box pleat or to obtain a French pleat having a beautiful custorn made .appearance.

Turning `to the modification of Figs. 1, Zand 6 to 10 inclusive, the pleat pin consists loff five 1elongated prongs and a hanger loop y31. As shown iin Fig. ,1 four of the prongs are disposed in a plane forming the baseof triangle and the fifth prong is disposed a suitable distance in front of this plane and formingthe apex ofthe triangle. \In other words, the pleat pin of this yinvention :has its prongs disposed in a non-planar or tri-dimensional manner with consequent effect on the drapery used .therewith.

The pin of Fig. l is yformed from an li'n'ner rod 32 bent into a Ufshaped configuration having a base 33 and an outer rod 34l having a U-shaped configuration `and a base 35. The prongs of both rods 32 .and 34 are parallel to one' another. The base 33 of rod3`2 .is suitablyshort and the prongs 30 of rod 32'v are slightly shorter than the prongs 30W of rod 34; The'base'35 of r'od 34 is vsuitably long so that rod base' 3,3A may be placed on rod 'base k3,5 withthe respective prongs 30gand 30W* ofvboth rodsv disposed in planar manner.

' The -base 33 is then soldered or spot welded to lias'eV 35 giving a planar element having equally spacedapart prongs disposed in parallel planar relationship. The top of prongs 30 and 30W (Fig. l) are`r disposed in a straight line. 'Other manners of obtaining lfour united parallel prongs fin planar relationship.l are possible since the innert'wo prongs -30 of the four planar prongs may be individual unbent rods (not shown) separately secured to' the rod-base 35.v v

The hanger loop Slis suitably jbent to' be disposed about a drapery holding rod and is of unitary construction withthe apex prong 30X. In other words, the apex prong 30X is provided with and integral to base 36 and integral to loop 31. The base 36 is secured as by welding or soldering beneath rod 35 at a right angle thereto Iand in the middle thereof. The apex prong 30X of suitable length is disposed a suitable distance in front of the plane formed by the four prongs constituting the base of the triangle. The tips of all the prongs 30, 30W and 30X are disposed in a horizontal plane.

A unitary wire clip 37 also of a generally U-shaped construction is provided with a base 38 Iand parallel sides 39. The extension of sides 39 are reversed upon themn selves to form knees 40 and extensions 41. The extensions 41 are themselves given a reversed securing loop 42 adapted to swingably engage rod base 35 (Fig. y2). The sides 39 of the clip 37 are suitably spaced apart to suitably clamp the drape disposed at the base of the pleat pin.

The pleat pin of Fig. l and that of Fig. 2 forms a box pleat having the appearance shown in Fig. 6 and a dimple box pleat having the appearance shown in Fig. 7.

T obtain the box pleat of Fig. 6 the four planar prongs 30 and 30W` and the apex prong are disposed in the consecutive prong receiving sewn pockets 43 (Fig. 9) of a conventional drapery tape 44, which tape is sewn adjacent to the top of the drape 45.

Fig. 7 shows the presence of a dimple 46 formed by clamping the clip 37 into position against drape 45. For purposes of clarity the clip is not shown in dotted outline in Fig. 7 but is shown in Fig. 8 with respect to formation of a French pleat with the pleat pin of Fig. 1.

As shown in Fig. 10, the apex prong 30X is not inserted in a pocket to form the French pleat with the pin Vof Fig. 1, rather the four planar prongs 30 and 30W `are consecutively disposed in the consecutive pockets of the tape 44.

Turning now to the modification of Figs. 3, 4, l1 and 12 the prongs are disposed in the form of a triangle having a pair of planes of two prongs each, the planes being' disposed in parallel relationship, and an apex prong. In this modification a rear U-shaped rod element 48 having suitably spaced-apart prongs 30A and an intermediate U-shaped rod element 49 having suitably spacedapart prongs 30B are suitably and fixedly unitary element consisting of the hanger loop 31 (Fig. 3) base 50 and the. apex prong 30C. As shown in Fig. 4 the tips of all the prongs are disposed in a horizontal plane.

Fig. 11 shows the manner of inserting four of the pins of the pyramidal configuration pin of Fig. 3 in the consecuti've pockets of a drapery tape to obtain a French pleat, the use of the clip 37 being preferred to obtain the especially pleasing appearance of a custom made pleat. In obtaining such a `French pleat the apex prong 30C is not inserted in a tape pocket.

Where the apex prong 30C of the modification of Fig. 3 is inserted into a consecutive tape pocket, the result is a box pleat (Fig. 12). The front view of this box pleat is strikingly similar'to that of the box pleat of Fig. 6. Also a dimple pleat (Fig. 7) is obtained with the modification of Fig. 3 when the clip 37 is swung into clamped relationship to the drape 45.

A further modification of this invention is the three prong pleat pin of Fig. 13. In this pin only one U-shaped rod element 51 is used. The height of the prongs 30M of element 51 is such that the tips of these prongs lie in the same planeas the tip of the apex prong 30N. The modification of Fig. 13 is further modified to show a hanger loop in circular form adapted to receive a round drapery holding rod. `This modification of Fig. 3 is preferably combined with the clip 37 to obtain custom- Y' like pleats. Figs. 15 and 17 show the form of the box pleat obtained with the three prong pin, Fig. 17 showing the apex pin as confined in a tape pocket. Fig. 16 shows in consecutive pockets of a tape and by employing a clip 37 to obtain a custom pleat effect to the French pleat.

A further modification of this invention is shown in Figs. 19 and 20. The configuration of the pleat pin of this modification is that of a truncated pyramid since the apex prong is absent. In other words, the modification of Figs. 19 and 2O is in effect the pin of Fig. 3 with the apex prong cut off. This modification is used to obtain a French pleat of custom-made appearance especially when combined with a clip 37 (Fig. 20) to clamp the drape to the pin.

to the drapery is shown in Fig. 5.

the French pleat obtained by inserting the three pron-gs p Having described the pin, those skilled in the art will become aware of still further modifications of this invention, but all these obvious modifications within the scope of this invention are intended to be covered by the claims herein.

I claim:

1. A pleat former ve prong pin for drapery having suitable vertical pin receiving pockets thereon comprising a pair of U-shaped rod members, each U-shaped member having a pair of vertical prongs and a horizontal base, one of said U-shaped rod members having a shorter base between the prongs than the other, said U-shaped rod members being disposed relative to one another in parallel planar relationship, a substantially U-shaped support element having a rear hanger loop and a front apex prong, said support element having a horizontal base secured fixedly and at a right angle to the pair of bases of said rod elements, the five prongs of said members and support element being disposed in a triangular configuration.

2. The pin of claim l comprising a clip hingedly secured to the larger horizontal base of the respective U- shaped member and adjacent the vertical prongs thereof, said hinge pin consisting of a substantially U-shaped member having identical legs, having identical integral leg extensions disposed over the legs, said extensions having integral identical loops disposed over said leg extensions, said loops being secured to said larger horizontal base of the respective rod member.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,558,467 Solomon June 26, 1951 2,638,978 Atkins May 19, 1953 2,770,299 Rosenzweg Nov. 13, 1956 2,779,404 Hess Ian. 29, 1957 OTHER REFERENCES Good Housekeeping Magazine, April 1956, page 199. 

